Common Custom Fields?

[Jim Aksel]

I am looking for a custom field (such as Custom1 or Text1) that is shared
between the Gantt view and the resource view. For example, I want to be able
to insert a field (Text1) into the Gantt chart. Then, when I switch to
something like Resouce Usage View and insert the same field and ahve that
information show up. When I do it now (Text1) it is blank in the Resouce
Usage View.... apparently because these are stored in different tables.

Is there a general field common to both views that I could use for custom
task information? I've already tried Text1... and Custom1....

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

By sheer definition, there is not.
A task field belongs to the task, a resource field to the resource.
It's a pure coincidence that they both share the same name.
Don't forget the assignment fields: they may help you.

Read all about it in FAQ 37, Custom Fields in Tables, and FAQ 51 Data Types;
FAQ URL in my signature
HTH

 

[Jim Aksel]

FAQ 37 was very helpful. I Macro'd Text1 between assignments and tasks.
This shows up nicely on the Resource Usage View. Now, I would like to use
GroupBy on the Resource Usage View to group by my various Text1 inputs. It
does not want to cooperate.

If I use a filter on Text1, I see the filtered assignments for each
resource. However, I want to total the work hours for the filtered items
only. Now, if I filter, it may show two tasks for Resource "BOB" but the
total is 853 hours (the unfiltered amount).

For additional info, see my unanswed question from yesterday 7/17 "Custom
Grouping/Resources"

A thought. What would be the correct expression in the macro code to assign
a Custom Outline Code and copy that between the task and assignment tables?

Thanks

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

I don't have access to P2003 right now, but in P2000 assignments don't have
outline codes.